Technics sx-PR604/M - Manual

Cautions for safest use of this unit Installation location 1. A well-ventilated place.Take care not to use this unit in a place where itwill not receive sufficient ventilation, and not topermit the ventilation holes to be covered by cur-tains, or any similar m aterials. 2. Place aw ay from direct su...

Contents Caution s fo r safest use o f this un it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Con tro ls and function s (PR604) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Controls and functions (PR604) Tuning Unlike an acoustic piano, your PR Series Digital Ensemble never needs tuning.The pitch of this instrument can be adjusted for when playing along with other instruments. (Referto page 107.) About the backup memory The settings and memories are maintained for appr...

Getting started 1 Plug the power cord into an outlet. 2 Press the POWER button to turn it on. • The power indicat or in the left f ront of the bodyis lit. 3 Touch any note on the keyboard. • Your piano f eatures Touch Response. Youcont rol t he volume by playing the keys harderor sof ter. 4 Set the ...

Playing the piano Your piano is equipped with various fine functions which make it an extremely versatile instrument.But it should be remembered that it is first of all a fine piano. Select one of the piano sounds andenjoy its excellent quality.When you activate the SIMPLE PIANO feature, the entire ...

Progressive Pianist Your piano offers a fun method of learning to play piano. Start one of the 100 etudes incorporated inthis piano, read the music in the display, listen to the gentle accompaniment for your own and, havea good practice! 1 Press the PROGRESSIVE PIANIST button. 2 Select the goal of t...

Select a sound 1 In the CONDUCTOR section on the panel, press the RIGHT 1 button to turn it on. 2 In the SOUND GROUP or PIANO section, press one of the soundbuttons. 3 Select a sound from the list of soundsshown on the display. • For most of the buttons, the l ist of sounds i scont ained on two or m...

Automatic panel settings (ONE TOUCH PLAY) 1 In the RHYTHM GROUP section, press the button for a desired rhythm. 2 Select a rhythm from the list ofrhythms on the display. 3 Press and hold the ONE TOUCH PLAY button for a few seconds. • The sound, effects and t empo suitable for theselected rhyt hm are...

Record your performance (SEQUENCER) 1 In the SEQUENCER section, press the EASY REC button to turn it on. 2 Press the OK button. • The di splay changes t o the REALTIME RECORD display. DEMO SPLITPOINT MAIN VOLUME APC/SEQUENCER VOLUME MODE CHORD FINDER OFF/ON AUTO SETTING BANK STOP 8&16BEAT ROCK &...

Store your panel settings (PANEL MEMORY) 1 Set up the desired panel settings(sounds, volumes, etc.) 2 Use the NEXT BANK button to select a bank (A, B, C). • The bank names are shown on the display. 3 With the SET button held down, press one of the numbered buttons of the PANEL MEMORY ( 1 to 8 ). • T...

Save data on a floppy disk 1 Insert a disk you wish to save to intothe Disk Drive slot. Push it all the wayin until you hear a click. 2 On the DISK MENU display, selectSAVE. • If you attempt to use t he SAVE procedurewhen an unf ormat ted di sk is inserted into theDisk Drive slot, the FORMAT display...

Recall data from a floppy disk 1 Press and hold the DISK button for a few seconds. 2 Select the file you wish to load. 3 Press the LOAD button. • The data is copied to the internal memory of t his instrument. 4 Press the PLAY button in the SEQUENCER section to turn it on. 5 Press the START/STOP butt...

Play back commercial song disks (DIRECT PLAY) 1 Insert the song disk into the Disk Driveslot. 2 On the DISK MENU display, selectDIRECT PLAY. 3 Use the buttons below teh display toselect a song. • For SMF songs, use the PLAY AS button t ospecify a sound arrangement mode. 4 Press the START button. • T...

Remote Controller (PR804) You can use the included wireless remote control to adjust the MAIN VOLUME, activate DIRECTPLAY (page 98), and activate SEQUENCER playback (page 67). • To operate DIRECT PLAY wi th t he remot e controller, the normal playback display must be present with the disk inserted, ...

About the display A l arge-size display, easy to operate with excellent readabili ty, is used f or displaying vari ous information such as t he names ofthe sel ected sounds and rhyt hms etc. and when setti ng the functions. Let’s take a look. • The di splay i llustrations shown in this User’s Manual...

HELP You can fi nd an expl anati on of each but ton’s funct ion on thedisplay. 1. Press the HELP button. • The f oll owing display appears. 2. Use the buttons below the display to select alanguage. 3. Press the OK button. 4. Press a button on the panel whose explanationyou wish to read. • An explana...

Selecting sounds Select the sounds f or the t hree parts you can pl ay on the keyboard — RIGHT 1 , RIGHT 2 and LEFT . Af ter first selecting a part and a SOUND GROUP , choose the desi red sound from the di splay. Select a sound 1. In the PART SELECT section, choose RIGHT 1 , RIGHT 2 or LEFT . • The ...

SOUND EXPLORER This is a convenient f eature f or finding the sound you wantfrom the many available sounds. 1. In the PART SELECT section, select a part. 2. Press the SOUND EXPLORER button to turn it on. • Use the but tons t o the l eft and right of t he display to selectthe sound. 3. Use the ∧ and ...

Assigning parts to the keyboard The CONDUCTOR butt ons are used to assi gn the parts ( RIGHT 1 , RIGHT 2 , LEFT ) t o the keyboard in many di fferent ways. CONDUCTOR • The volume f or each part can be adjusted independentl y. (Refer to page 31. ) • The f oll owing condi tions are in effect when the ...

SPLIT You can spli t the keyboard into right and left sections ( SPLI T ), and assign a di fferent sound t o each section. 1. Press the LEFT button in the CONDUCTOR to turn it on. • If t he L EFT part does not turn on, then t urn off the AUTO PLAY CHORD , or select any mode except PIANIST. 2. Use th...

Pedals Sustain pedal When a key is released while this pedal is depressed, thesound is sustained so t hat it l ingers and slowly f ades out. • This ef fect does not work f or the sounds in the DRUM KITS group. • This eff ect does not work for some sounds. • The lengt h of t he sust ain can be set fo...

4. Use the buttons to the left of the display toselect an item you wish to set (MIC REVERBSETTING/MIC EFFECT SETTING). 5. Use the PARAMETER ▲ and ▼ buttons to select the function, and use the VALUE ∧ and ∨ buttons to change the setting. MIC REVERB (separate reverb f or mic input ) TYPE: Type of reve...

Techni-chord TECHNI -CHORD turns your si ngle note melodies into f ull chords and of fers you a choice of di fferent t ypes from a simple duet which adds one harmony note t o your melody note, to big band reeds which adds f our harmony not es t o your mel ody note. If TECHNI -CHORD is part of a ONE ...

Selecting rhythms Many exci ting rhythms are stored i n the memory of this inst rument. First sel ect one of the rhyt hm groups and then choose thedesired rhythm. Select a rhythm 1. In the RHYTHM GROUP section, select a rhythm group. • For information about t he MET RONOME , see the f oll ow- ing se...

METRONOME 1. In the RHYTHM GROUP section, select METRONOME . • The f oll owing display appears. 2. Select the time signature for the metronome. • Select “Metronome Off” if you do not wish t he first beatof the measure to be accent ed. • Press the START/ STOP button to st art t he metronome. Start th...

Playing the rhythm Intro, fi ll-in and endi ng patterns fi tting each diff erent rhyt hm pattern are permanentl y recorded in your inst rument, thus allowing aversati le rhyt hm performance. • These pat terns are not avail able f or the METRONOME . INTRO Begin the rhythm performance wit h an intro p...

FILL IN You can insert a fill -in pat tern any t ime during t he rhythmperformance. Choose f rom two dif ferent fill -in pat terns. 1. Select a rhythm and press the START/STOP button. 2. Press the FILL IN 1 or FILL IN 2 button. • A fi ll-in pattern i s heard immediat ely for the remainder ofthe meas...

Fade In/Fade Out Add interest to your performance by starting a part wit h a fade-i n or ending it with a f ade-out. FADE IN At the beginning of t he song, t he volume of each part ri sesslowl y. 1. Set up the panel settings for your perform-ance. 2. Turn on the FADE IN button. • The indicator fl as...

Sound Arranger The SOUND ARRANGER feature l ets you sel ect ot her sounds for t he AUTO PLAY CHORD parts of each rhythm. 1. Select the rhythm whose sound you wish tochange. • Do not select t he MET RONOME or the MEMORY but ton. 2. In the SOUND ARRANGER section, press the SET button to turn it on. • ...

Piano Stylist This feature automati cally launches t he appropriate instrument settings when you select t he style of the arrangement you wish t oplay in. By using this feat ure, you can easi ly achieve a performance like that of a first-rate pianist. PIANO STYLES Select a suit able style for your p...

Music Style Arranger The MUSIC ST YLE ARRANGER helps you t o make professional registrat ion changes during your performance. Select bet ween four cont rasting regist rati ons at the push of a but ton, or let your inst rument change the registrat ion automati cally for you whenyou use FI LL IN 1 or ...

Panel Memory PANEL MEMORY stores al l the current panel settings so you can recal l them at the push of a butt on. How to store the panel settings Store up to 24 panel set tings (3 banks x 8 memories). Bystoring all the panel set tings you use for a song in the samebank, for exampl e, you can switch...

Playing phrases During your perf ormance, you can insert a short recorded phrase or ef fect sounds by pressing a pad button. A di fferent group ofphrases is recorded in each bank. 1. Press the BANK button. 2. Select the desired bank from the display. • The list of banks consist s of three screen pag...

Copying phrases You can copy the desi red data, as phrases, from t he SEQUENCER t o each pad memory of a “User Bank”. • Chord data i s also copi ed to pad buttons 5 and 6 ( SOLO ). PHRASE COPY Copy a phrase from one pad to anot her. 1. Press the PROGRAM MENUS button to turn it on. • The display l oo...

Compile You can assign desired phrases from dif ferent banks in “Compile Bank” 1 and 2. 1. Press the PROGRAM MENUS button to turn it on. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Select PIANO PERFORMANCE PADS. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 3. Select COMPILE SET. • The disp...

6. Press the OK button. • For details about KEY SETTI NG, refer to page 87. • For det ail s about CHORD MODIF Y CHANGE, refer t opage 88. 7. Select the part to record to. • Press the button f or PART 1 or PART 2. • Recording begins as soon as the pad is selected. • Two parts can be recorded (PAD 1–4...

Outline of the Sequencer A sequencer records your performance in a similar way to a t ape recorder. This instrument ’s SEQUENCER al lows you t o record up t o 10 performances in a variet y of ways. You may want to record your ent ire perf ormance in one go (especially if you are using AUTO PLAY CHOR...

3. Select RECORD & EDIT, COPY & PASTE orRANGE EDIT, and follow the correspondingprocedure. <RECORD & EDIT> <COPY & PASTE> <RANGE EDIT> Sum mary of the SEQUENCER m enu items RECORD & EDIT These functions are recording and editing operations usedfor creat ing a ne...

Slide Show This i nstrument can show various images which change automati cally corresponding to the music progression just l ike the DEMO performance. Using the Slide Show f uncti on, you can creat e a multi-medi a show of images synchronizing with the sound. Schematic Set the images To set the ima...

Sequencer parts The f oll owing summary expl ains what is stored in each SEQUENCER part. • You can use the T RACK ASSIGN funct ion to assign part s to tracks as you wish. (Refer t o page 76.) • Those i tems above which are not operati ons available with this i nstrument can be recorded only from MID...

Easy Record Suppose you are pl aying your instrument and you wish t o record and play back your performance to hear how it sounds. You canbypass the set -up procedures of t he full-scale sequencer and begin recording quickl y and easily. • Note t hat by execut ing EASY REC , the original data in the...

CYCLE RECORD This mode allows you to have speci fied recording measurescontinuously repeat ed. Thus you can record measures byadding notes during any cycl e. 1. On the REALTIME RECORD display, specify“REC” for a track number you are going torecord, and “PLAY” for track numbers you wishto have played...

8. When you are finished playing back your per-formance, press the SEQUENCER PLAY but- ton to turn it off. CYCLE PLAY You can have specified measures played back repeatedly. 1. On the SEQUENCER PLAY display, specify“PLAY” for track numbers you wish to haveplayed back. 2. Press the CYCLE button. • Th...

SEQUENCER VOLUME When pl aying the keyboard al ong with a recorded perform-ance, you can adjust the total volume of al l t he playback part sas one. ⇒ Use the APC/SEQUENCER VOLUME slide control to adjust the volume. • Use this control to lower the vol ume of the recordedpl ayback parts when it i s t...

AUTO PUNCH RECORD You can also set the punch-in and punch-out points before-hand, so that recording automati cally begi ns and ends at thespecif ied points. 1. On the PUNCH RECORD display, press theAUTO: OFF button. • If REC is not shown f or any track, the but ton does notturn ON. • The display l o...

Assigning the images Assign images t o the selected point (PIC) of a song. 1. Use the SONG SELECT ∧ and ∨ of the SEQUENCER MENU display to select a songnumber to which the images will be assigned,and select RECORD & EDIT. 2. Select STEP RECORD on the RECORD &EDIT display. 3. Use the balance ...

Store a chord progression Store t he chord progression for the AUTO PLAY CHORD in the track for t he CHORD part . Then, when t he AUTO PLAY CHORD is used during playback, even if you do not speci fy t he chords wit h your lef t hand, the chords change automatical ly. • The chord l ength is specified...

<Measure 4>(1) While playing a D7 chord, press the key one time. (2) While playing a G7 chord, press the key one time. • You can press the INTRO & ENDING button or a FI LL IN button on the panel to store the desi red pat tern at the cursor position. (An INTRO or COUNT INT RO can be st ored...

Correct the recorded rhythm progression 1. Follow the procedure to select the STEP RE-CORD: RHYTHM display. 2. Use the MEAS buttons to go to the measureyou wish to modify. (The * is highlighted.) 3. Correct the rhythm data. • Press the ERS but ton t o erase data at the cursor posit ion. • If you wis...

CYCLE PLAY You can aurally check the data you are edit ing by accessingthe CYCLE PLAY display f rom the NOTE EDIT displ ay. • If you wish other tracks t o be played back, they shouldbe selected beforehand on the SEQUENCER PLAY dis-pl ay. (Ref er to page 67.) 1. On the NOTE EDIT display, press the PL...

Copy and paste the recorded data You can copy and paste speci fic portions of t he recorded data. Select the function 1. On the SEQ MENU display, use the SONG ∧ and ∨ buttons to select the number of the song. Then select COPY & PASTE. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. On the COP...

Outline of the Composer The COMPOSER enables you to creat e your own accompaniment patt erns. A pat tern is comprised of 8 parts: DRUMS 1 , 2 , BASS and ACCOMP1 – 5 parts. These parts would f orm the backing of a song. Rhythm components which can be stored Dif ferent INT RO 1, 2, VARI ATION 1 t o 4,...

Three ways to record in the COMPOSER There are three ways to creat e and record a rhythm. Simple recording method Use EASY COMPOSER to quickl y create a unique rhythmjust by selecting a pattern f or each part. Create a co mpl etely n ew rhyth m Compose al l t he parts of a completel y new rhythm fro...

3. On the RECORD MEMORY display, press theOK button. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 4. Press the CLEAR THE ENTIRE PATTERNbutton. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 5. Press the YES button. • All the data for t he selected patt ern is erased. 6. Use the MEASURE ∧ and ∨ b...

4. Record the part. • The specif ied number of measures are repeatedly playedback, duri ng whi ch time any newly played notes are addedto those already recorded. The current measure numberis shown on the di splay as “MEASURE=”. • Record the perf ormance in C major for correct chordprogressions duri ...

Measure Edit You can edit the recorded dat a one measure at a ti me. Select the function you wish to edit. 1. During recording, press the MEASURE EDITbutton. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Select the function. 3. Follow the procedure to edit the function (seebelow). • Only the co...

MEASURE DELETE Delet e specif ied measures from all parts at once. • The lengt h of t he performance accordingl y decreases bythe number of delet ed measures. 1. Use the FIRST MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons, to specify the first measure to delete. 2. Use the LAST MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons to specify the last...

4. On the FROM side, use the buttons to specifythe part to copy from. • For the DRUM part you can specify the DRUMS 1 or 2part; for other part s you can specif y a part ot her than aDRUMS part. 5. On the TO side, use the FUNC ∧ and ∨ buttons to specify for each part whether or not to copythe data. K...

Outline of the Disk Drive function The Disk Drive enables you t o st ore recorded and stored dat a from this instrument’ s memori es on disks, as wel l as pl ay commercialrecorded disks on t his instrument. Internal memory and Floppy DiskDrive The storable internal memory of this instrument as well ...

Playback of commercial song disks DIRECT PLAY lets you enjoy playing commercially sold songdisks directly from a disk. It’ s fast because you don’t haveto load the di sk data i nto your i nstrument’ s memory. • DIRECT PLAY is possible f rom the following disks: St andard MIDI F ile St andard MIDI F ...

Loading data Recall (load) the data from t he disk t o this instrument ’s memories. • Note t hat the load procedure causes any data which i s currentl y stored i n the relevant memories to be erased. LOAD Load data t hat saved to a disk into t his instrument ’s memory. 1. Insert the disk with the st...

Direct Play You can enjoy immedi ate playback of “Standard MIDI File” (SMF), “Disk Orchestra Col lection” (DOC) and “PianoDi sc” disks—allwit hout loading t he song data. 1. Insert the disk with the stored data into theDisk Drive. 2. On the DISK MENU display, select DIRECTPLAY. • The display l ooks ...

Song Medley Songs saved from the SEQUENCER to a disk (disk data) in t he TECHNICS FORMAT can be played back i n a medl ey. 1. On the DISK MENU display, select SONGMEDLEY from the display. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Select the order of files in the medley. • If ALL is pressed,...

2. Press the YES button to format the disk, orpress the NO button to cancel the format. • When the YES but ton is pressed, disk format begins. Aft erabout 1–2 minutes, f ormat ting is completed and DISKNAMING displ ay is shown. 3. Use the buttons below the display to assign aname. • Use the POSI TIO...

8. Use the SAVE AS button to select the soundgenerator mode (GM/GM2/NX). • If the dat a created on this instrument was saved in theGM/ GM2 mode, the sounds etc. may change. If savingdata in the GM/GM2 mode, be sure to select sounds f romthe SOUND EXPLORER sound groups when you create data.—GM: GM BA...

Outline of the Sound The SOUND mode i s used for making fine adj ustments t o the f uncti ons relat ed to sound, such as tone, and tuning. 1. Press the PROGRAM MENUS button to turn it on. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Select SOUND. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following....

<PAGE 1> SOUND: Use the SOUND ∧ and ∨ buttons to sel ect a sound. • The butt ons on the control panel may also be used t oselect a sound. VOLUME: Use the VOLUME ∧ and ∨ buttons to adj ust the volume (0 to 127). PAN: Use the PAN ∧ and ∨ buttons to adj ust the st ereo balance (L64–CENTER(CT R)-R...

<PAGE 4> MONO/ POLY MODE: Use t he MONO/POLY MODE ∧ and ∨ buttons to select the out put mode. PORTAMENTO: Use the ON/OFF buttons to enable or disable the port a-mento funct ion. (Portamento is a continuous gliding move-ment from one tone to another. ) • Use the ∧ and ∨ butt ons to speci fy the...

Sound Load Option The data for each individual sound i s set wi th the most suit able ef fect settings, etc., but in some cases when switchi ng f rom onesound to anot her and these sett ings are recal led, t he setup i s not the way you want it. By using the SOUND LOAD OPTION, youcan adjust the set ...

Outline of the Reverb & Effect In the REVERB & EFF ECT mode, you can make detai led setti ngs relat ed to t his instrument’s eff ects. 1. Press the PROGRAM MENUS button to turn it on. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Select REVERB & EFFECT. • The display l ooks simil ar...

Outline of the Sound Edit SOUND EDIT enabl es you to creat e your own new sound by altering one of the t his instrument’s preset sounds. Your new soundcan be stored in one of t he sound memory locations. SOUND EDIT has two methods of use. You can edi t i n det ail using f uncti onsmore commonly asso...

Easy Edit The most commonly used edit functions are consol idated on one displ ay, provi ding conveni ent and qui ck editing operat ion. 1. On the SOUND EDIT menu display, selectEASY EDIT. • The display changes to the following. 2 Use the buttons below the display to specifythe value of the attribut...

6. Use the DETUNE ∧ and ∨ buttons for fine adjustment of the pitch deviation. 7. Use the PANNING ∧ and ∨ buttons to adjust the stereo balance. • PAN: CT R is t he center point. At L64, t he sound is all theway to the left, at R63 all the way t o the ri ght. • If ST EREO R or STEREO L is sel ected f ...

VELOCITY LAYER Adjust these setti ngs to regulate the tone output relat ive t othe vel ocity. 1. Use the PAGE buttons to view the 3/4 display. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Use the buttons to the left of the display toselect a tone (1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th). 3. Use the L-FADE ∧ and...

PITCH ENVELOPE Specify how the pit ch changes over t ime, f rom the ti me thekey is played to the ti me the sound dies out . 1. Use the PAGE buttons to view the 2/3 display. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Use the buttons to the left of the display toselect a tone. 3. Adjust the s...

<Equalizer> For LPF (6)+EQ/HPF (6)+EQ fi lters, t he sound quality can bemodifi ed by the EQUALIZ ER. RANGE Select the set ting range (HIGH or LOW). FREQ Set the standard f requency. GAIN Set the level increase or decrease from the value set f orFREQ (dB). 6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 for each tone,...

FILTER ENVELOPE TOUCH & KEY FOLLOW Specify how the fil ter envel ope (curve) changes relative t otouch or note pit ch. 1. Use the PAGE buttons to view the 4/4 display. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Use the buttons to the left of the display toselect a tone. 3. Use the TOUCH ...

ENVELOPE TOUCH & KEY FOLLOW Specify how the volume changes relat ive to touch or not epitch over time. 1. Use the PAGE buttons to view the 3/3 display. 2. Use the buttons to the left of the display toselect a tone. 3. Use the TOUCH ∧ and ∨ buttons to change the touch settings. • Use the AT K ∧ a...

Effect Edit These are set tings related to the various ef fects appli ed to your edited sound. EFFECT 1. On the SOUND EDIT menu display, selectEFFECT. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Use the respective CHORUS ∧ and ∨ buttons to specify how the CHORUS is applied. 3. Use the REVERB ...

Store the new sound The MEMORY button in the SOUND GROUP sect ion accesses memory banks reserved for the sounds you create with the SOUND EDIT . You can store up to 40 ori ginal sounds then sel ect the sounds just like the other sounds in the SOUND GROUP . Procedure 1. When you have edited the sound...

Outline of Control functions Various set tings related to the operati on of t his instrument are adjusted wi th t he CONT ROL functions. 1. Press the PROGRAM MENUS button to turn it on. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Select CONTROL. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following....

Pedal Setting By assigning one of the many programmable functions to each of t he soft and sostenuto pedals, you can then control the functionduring your performance just by pressing the pedal. 1. On the CONTROL MENU display, selectPEDAL SETTING. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Us...

Outline of Customize functions Many of this instrument ’s set tings can be customized for maxi mum playi ng convenience and ease. 1. Press the PROGRAM MENUS button to turn it on. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Select CUSTOMIZE. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 3. S...

Display Time Out Numerous message displays and sett ing di splays conveni ently guide you t hrough the operat ion st eps of thi s instrument. Onceyou become f amili ar with the operation of your inst rument, however, you may wi sh to shorten or even suspend the di splay t imeof the message di splays...

MIDI Setting Load Option Specify how MI DI data is handled when data is loaded f rom a disk. 1. On the CUSTOMIZE MENU display, selectMIDI SETTING LOAD OPTION. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Use the ▲ and ▼ buttons to select an item. Load MIDI Parameters? From Regist rati on file:...

What is MIDI? MIDI (Musical Instrument Digi tal I nterface) is the internat ional standard f or di git al communication of electronic musical inst rumentdata. This means t hat any equipment which has a MIDI terminal—such as electronic musi cal instruments and personal comput-ers—can easi ly exchange...

The following kinds of data can be transmitted/received. NOTE data This is t he most basic kind of MIDI data which is exchanged,and is used to specify which keys are played and how hardthey are pl ayed. NOTE NUMBER: Number speci fyi ng which key is played.NOTE ON: Specifies t hat a key is played.NOT...

Common Setting Set the functions whi ch are common to al l parts. 1. On the MIDI MENU display, select COMMONSETTING. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Use ▲ and ▼ buttons to select the item. NOTE ONLY: Of the performance data, specif y whether or not only not edata is exchanged. PRO...

Mode Setting Initi ali ze the setti ngs for when t he NX SOUND or GM LEVEL 2 mode is ON. 1. On the MIDI MENU display, select MODESETTING. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Select the mode. • There are two modes f or GM LEVEL 2 depending on theparts to use. • The confirmation di spla...

MIDI Presets Establish the optimum settings dependi ng on how t his Keyboard i s connect ed to ot her equi pment, and on whet her this Keyboardis used as the master or the slave. 1. On the MIDI MENU display, select MIDI PRE-SETS. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Use the ▲ and ▼ but...

Program Change MIDI Out Use this funct ion t o immedi ately transmit specific PROGRAM CHANGE and BANK SELECT data f rom t his display on a specifiedMIDI channel. 1. On the MIDI MENU display, select PROGRAMCHANGE MIDI OUT. • The display l ooks simil ar to the following. 2. Use the ▲ and ▼ buttons to ...

Computer Connection These settings are used to select t he mode related to MIDI signal f low when a personal comput er is connected to the USB terminal of this instrument. • When connect ing t o a personal computer, install t he USB driver on t he included CD-ROM t o t he computer first. (Refer to t...

Initialize This instrument has many set table funct ions and st orable memori es. However, you can return the sett ings and memory t o thefact ory-preset st atus. INITIAL 1. Press the PROGRAM MENUS button to turn it on. • The display changes to the following. 2. Select CONTROL. • The display l ooks ...

Connections THEAT RE SONI C EXT OUT (PR804) External rear speakers for the T HEATRE SONIC effect canbe connected t o these t erminals. (Refer t o page 124.) AUX IN (i nput level 0.5 Vrms, 6 k Ω ) Other instruments such as a sound generator can be con-nected to this terminal, and the sound wi ll be o...

Assembly (PR604) Follow the steps below to assemble your Technics piano. Make sure you are using the correct parts and that they are in the correct direction. • At least 2 people are required for assembly. • To disassemble the piano, reverse the procedure. 1. Remove the packing and take the parts ou...

Symptoms which appear to be signs of trouble The following changes in performance may occur in the Technics Keyboard but do not indicate trouble. Phen omenon Remedy Sounds and ef fect s The buttons, keys, etc. malfunction. • Turn off the POWER button once, then turn it on again. If this procedure is...

Error messages No. Contents 00 The data on the disk that you are using is for adifferent product. 01 An error has occurred while the disk was loading.Please try again! 02 There is no disk in the Disk Drive. 03 The file that you tried to load is empty. 05 An error has occurred while the disk was savi...

Index A ADVANCED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 APC CONTROL (MIDI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 APC/SEQUENCER VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 69 AUTO PLAY CHORD . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Specifications SX-PR604/ M SX-PR804/ M KEYBOARD 88 KEYS SOUND GENERATOR PCM MAX. POLYPHONY 64 NOTES 128 NOTES SOUN DS NUMBER OF SOUNDS 1039 SOUNDS(1005 SOUNDS + 2 ORGAN DRAWBARS+ 32 DRUM KI TS) 1123 SOUNDS(1082 SOUNDS + 2 ORGAN DRAWBARS+ 39 DRUM KI TS) PIANO GROUP GRAND, UPRI GHT , ELECT RIC, MODERN...

Limited Warranty Coverage If your product does not work properly because of a defect in materials or workmanship, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company or Panasonic Sales Company (collectively referred to as “the warrantor”) will, for the length of the period indicated on the chart below, which sta...